The assembly of officials (organs/functions) relies on the gallbladder’s clarity and sound judgment to organize and decide how their tasks are to be best carried out. We are constantly faced with ...

The Gall Bladder is known as The Official of Decision Making and Judgment. In any given day, this Official makes countless decisions – conscious and unconscious, which influence every aspect of our ...

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One of the longest nerves in the body is known as the vagus nerve (VN). The VN is the 10 th pair of cranial nerves that originates at the brain stem in the medulla oblongata. This nerve is part of the ...

Recently, I have received several requests for information on battlefield acupuncture. The term battlefield acupuncture was first used in 2001 by my friend and colleague Col. Richard Niemtzow MD, PhD, ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a progressive disease of the central nervous system in which communication between the brain and other parts of the body is disrupted. There are multiple scars on the myelin ...

Help the 89% of people in your practice with cartilage degeneration. Join Tom Bayne, DC, to hear about an evidence-based joint support alternative to glucosamine. Glucosamine may be one of the ...

Dr. Dustin Dillberg, DACM, LAc., is a practitioner, writer, and educator specializing in sports medicine, posture, movement patterns, lymphatics, pain management, and functional medicine. He is a ...

Zhen Protocols III. It is important for the student and the experienced clinician alike to keep in mind they there is no particular magical combination of points which will affect miraculous cures.

Each year, ICD-10-CM is updated on Oct. 1. For 2026, there are 74,179 total codes, 487 additions, 28 deletions, and 38 revisions. Key rule: Code changes are based on date of service, not the claim ...

Editor’s Note: This is the third article in a series on pelvic health from a five-element perspective. Part 1 (“The Spirit of the Points and the Pelvis”) ran in the April 2025 issue; Part 2 (“The Wood ...